Christophe Courteau / Velvet swimming crab portrait {Liocarcinus / Necora puber} Brittany France

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber / Liocarcinus puber), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October, 2011

Graham Eaton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) pair mating, Trefor, Wales, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) in a rock pool, waving and opening one of its claws in a threat display, Cornwall, England, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) moving off, leaves frame, Cornwall, England, UK, September.

Sue Daly / Male Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) guarding female prior to mating, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Male Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) guarding a female prior to mating, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora / Liocarcinus puber) male guarding female. Gouliot Caves, Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) portrait, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) close up, Channel Islands, UK July

Sue Daly / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) Channel Islands, UK, June

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Portrait of Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber / Liocarcinus puber), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011